Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
11 (A)Teach me Your way, O Yahweh;
I will walk in Your truth;
(B)Unite my heart to fear Your name.
12 I will (C)give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with all my heart,
And will glorify Your name forever.
13 For Your lovingkindness toward me is great,
And You have (D)delivered my soul from Sheol below.
14 O God, arrogant men have (E)risen up against me,
And [a]a band of ruthless men have sought my [b]life,
And they have not set You before them.
15 But You, O Lord, are a God (F)compassionate and gracious,
Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and [c]truth.
16 (G)Turn to me, and be gracious to me;
Oh (H)grant Your strength to Your slave,
And save the (I)son of Your maidservant.
17 [d](J)Show me a sign for good,
That those who hate me may (K)see it and be ashamed,
Because You, O Yahweh, (L)have helped me and comforted me.
The Generations of Ishmael
12 Now these are the generations of (A)Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant-woman, bore to Abraham; 13 and these are the names of (B)the sons of Ishmael, by their names, [a]in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam 14 and Mishma and Dumah and Massa, 15 Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. 16 These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages, and by their camps; (C)twelve princes according to their [b]tribes. 17 These are the years of the life of Ishmael, (D)137 years; and he breathed his last and died and was (E)gathered to his people. 18 And they dwelt from (F)Havilah to (G)Shur which is [c]east of Egypt [d]as one goes toward Assyria; (H)he [e]settled in the face of all his brothers.
To the Church in Smyrna
8 “And to the angel of the church in (A)Smyrna write:
(B)This is what the first and the last, who [a](C)was dead, and has come to life, says:
9 ‘I know your (D)tribulation and your (E)poverty (but you are (F)rich), and the blasphemy by those who (G)say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of (H)Satan. 10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be (I)tested, and you will have tribulation (J)for ten days. [b]Be (K)faithful until death, and I will give you (L)the crown of life. 11 (M)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (N)He who overcomes will never be hurt by the (O)second death.’
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